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Monday Morning, November 1 5, 1926.
THE GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE
Hundreds Attend Charles M. Russell Memorial
TWENTY OF ARTISTS PICTURES
HUNG IN HONOR OF OCCASION
Rev. Job Little, Pioneer Minister and an Old
Friend of Cowboy Portrait Maker, Tells
of Early Days on Range
Hundreds of persons, young and old, i herd’s Pipes.” The chancel rail was
representing nil walks of life, gathered j attractively arranged* with large palms
1 loaned by Feiden s Flower shop. At.
the close of the service the audience
at the First Methodist church Sunday
evening in attendance at the special
service, “The Spirit of the West.’' held
in memory of the late Charles M. Rus-
sell. for many years Great Falls’ most
famous citizen. The large auditorium
xiiled so completely that soon after
’ tiiS service began no available space
was unoccupied.
Forming an exceptionally appropriate
background for this service were 20
pictures, painted by the artist in water
colors and oil, bun" along the chancel
wall. These pictures were loaned to
the church for this service by George
B. Calvert, Sid Willis, W. H. George,
the Deaconess hospital and the Como
company. In addition to these were
hung four letters written by Mr. Rus-
sell to Mr. Calvert while the former
was in California and these letters, as
was characteristic f>f the cowboy art-
ist. were illustrated with water colored
sketches.
Only three of the pictures displayed
were in oil. They were “First Boat.”
owned by Mr. George, a painting show-
ing a group of Indian riders viewing the
first steamboat corrrng up thp Missouri
river nt a point, between Big Sandy
find Fort Benton and “When Brother
Van Was Young.” owned by the Dea-
coness hosnital and painted for the late
Rev. W. W. Van Orsdel as a birthday
gift several years ago. This picture
nortrayed Brother Van with a party of
hunters hunting buffalo in the days of
the old west. The third paintinsr was
“The Grizzly.” owned by Rid Willis.
Famous Plotures Shown
Other nrints and water color pictures
of Russell’s hunsr werf* “A Rainy Morn-
ing in a Cow Camp,’’ “I Rode Him.”
“Initiated." “Ronincr n Steer.” “The
First Trappers.” “Buffalo Along the
Yellowstone.” “The Indian Rider.” “The
Prospector.” “Painting the Town.”
“Trail'ng Texas Long Horns.” “The
'T;m1 Cow.” “Chief Joseph.” “Better
Than Bacon.” and one of his first
drawings made when about 10 years old
showing two cowboys roping a voung
colt,.
Speakers at the sprvice were the
Rev. Job. H. Little of Cascade, oldest
Me+hodist minister in Montana, a friend
of Mr. Russell's and a co-laborer of the
late Brother Van: the Rev. .T. A. Mar-
tin. Dr. IT. Stvles Ilarriss and E. II.
Cooney.
In addition to the addresses a special
musical program was given including
the following selections: Organ pre-
lude. "Sketch From Forest Studies,”
Julius Wuerthner; . choir v anthem.
ing for Thee:” vocal sftlo, “Out
lie W’est Begins,” Miss Mar-
ik: organ postlud^. “Shep-
~r~
,*ICIAL NOTICE/
_______ Hereby Given, That on the
8lh VQV November, A. D.,. 1926, the
City CouBcil of the City of Great Falls,
Montana, adopted a certain Resolution
of Intention to create a Special Im-
provement Lighting District for the
purpose of making the following im-
provements in saiu district, viz:
.Erecting and maintaining posts,
wires, pipes, conduits, lamps, and other
suitable and necessary appliances . for
the purpose of lighting said district
and of defraying the annual cost of
supplying electrical current for, and
maintaining the lights for said district
hereinbefore descrioed, which said dis-
trict includes Third (3rd) Avenue South
and Third (.3rd) and Fourth (4th) Alley
South from Third Street to Seventn
(7th) Street, the East side of Third
(3rd) Street, all of Fourth (4th), Fifth
(6th), Sixth (6th) and the West side of
Seventh (7th) Streets, each from Third
(3rd) Alley South to Fourth (4th) Alley
South, including all avenues, streets
and alley intersections. All of which
improvements are to be made in ac-
cordance with the plans and specifica-
tions to be prepared by the City En-
gineer of the city of Great Falls, Mon-
tana, and to be adopted by the Council
of said city, and which plans and
speeuieations will then be on file in
tue oflice of the City Engineer to
which reference is hereby made. The
estimated cost of constructing said im-
provements is THREE THOUSAND,
iiilGHT HUNDRED and NO-lOO ($3,800.-
00) DOLLARS, and the estimated cost
of maintaining the lights and supply-
ing the electrical current therefor with-
in such district for the first year, is
the sum of EIGHT HUNDRED and
NO-lOO ($800.00) DOLLARS for the en-
tire district, which cost and expense
are to be assessed by a special assess-
ment against the property embraced
within such Special Improvement Light-
ing District, except as herein otherwise
provided. The apportionment of the en-
tire cost of erecting and maintaining
the posts, wires, pipes, conduits, lamps,
and other suitable or necessary ap-
pliances for the purpose of lighting
said streets, alleys or public hlgtways
and of the annual cost of supplying the
electrical current for and maintaining
the lights thereon in such district shall
be as follows: Two-thirds of which lt
is hereby determined by the City Coun-
cil shall be borne by property embraced
within said district abutting upon some
portion of the street or public highway
within such district to be righted, each
parcel of land so abutting to be as-
sessed In the proportion which the
street frontage of each parcel of land
\bears to the stfeet frontage of the
entire district to be lighted and the
remaining one-third shall be paid by the
City of Great Falls, Montana, except
on Third (3rd) Avenue South between
Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th)
Street and on Fourth (4th) Street be-
tween Third (3rd) Alley South and
Fourth (4th) Alley South, the Montana
Power Company shall be assessed one-
sixth of the amount assessable against
the property on said street and avenue
and one-sixth shall be paid by the citv
of Great Falls, Montana. That said
Resolution of Intention is No. 2191 and
is on file in the office of the City Clerk
of the city of Great Falls, Montana, to
which Resolution for a description of
the bundaries of said District reference
is hereby made. That the City Council
of the city of Great Falls, Montana,
will be in session In the Council Cham-
bers in the City Hall In said city on
the 29th day of November, A. D., 1926,
at eight (8:00) o’clock P. M., when it
intends to create said Special Improve-
ment Lighting District, at which time
and place the City Council will hear
objections to creation of said Improve-
ment Lighting District, at which time
was permitted to view the paintings
ard works of Mr. Russell in the chan-
cel.
Winter of ’86 and ’87
Reminiscing of the days of the old
west and the time when Mr. Russell
was young, the Rev. Mr. Little said:
“Most of you have heard something
of the hard winter of 1880-87. I have
never seen a report that made it ap-
pear worse than it really was. For six
weeks or more the thermometer never
got as high as zero, a great deal of
the time it was between 50 and 60 be-
low. The snows were heavy, almost
reaching to the fence tops. The roads
were blockaded and for days nothing
could pass through. I lived at Sun
River at- that time, when it had about
as marty inhabitants as Great Falls. I
rented a house, the only one available,
the coldest one in the neighborhood.
Morning after morning, when I awoke,
the first thing necessary was to un-
tangle my whiskers, which were froze*
solid to the bed clothes. It was during
this winter that Charlie Russell first
made a name for himself as an artist
by drawing the picture known at first
as ‘Waiting For a Chinook.’ in answer
to a letter from Helena inquiring how
the cattle were faring in the Judith
country, where he then was. The cow-
boy life. at. its best, was a hard one.
They were exposed to all kinds of
weather—rough fare and uncomfort-
able quarters, with m$ny privations.
Sleeping under the stars of heaven, if
there were any, in blankets wet through
with rain, was a common privilege. I
was a witness of one storm period
tv hen holding service at Truly in ’87.
It was a beautiful evening and with a
round-up camp within a quarter of a
mile of the school house, all the cow-
boys came to church, filling the school
house and then some. In the night, a
storm came up and by daylight there
were from six to eight inches of snow
on the level, and still snowing. Tt then
turned excessively cold—below zero,
and these eow’boys were out in the
storm all night.
Knew Him in Cascade
“I first knew of Charlie Russell,
after his drawing of the now famous
picture, ‘The Last of Five Thousand.’
through Brother Van. who told me how
and when he first knew the artist. Tn^
’Of) T moved from Butte back to Cas-
cade and Charlie was then living there.
From my previous knowledge of him.
I soon became well acquainted with
him. In those days he was full of frolic
and fun. He played all Ijinds of pranks
and tricks, but never «. mean trick.
Nothing mean about Charlie. Yes, lie
drank and gambled some, but I never
saw Charlie drunk. In early times it
Tvat; !”rT of ooriji invite
'everybody to drink. Tnere was no
other meeting place but the saloon, and
men gathered together there for
sociability because there was no other
place open to them. Wien I began to
preach at Augusta, I Yras somewhat
surprised by the fact that the two
saloons always closed on Sunday eve-
ning during church time and the cow-
boys in mass came to service. We used
to sing gospel hymns in those days for
15 or 20 minutes preceding the serv-
ice. The collections were always good. I
found out the reason some months
later, when I was told that the boys
always went to the saloon early to play
cards so that the losers should put the
money into the collection basket, and
the balance of them came to see that
they did it.
Had Bryan Celebration
“Tn '5X5 when Bryan was running for
the presidency there was some excite-
ment in Cascade and on the night of
election various rumors were flying
around, and at last the report came
that Bryan was surely elected. Charlie
was an enthusiastic democrat, and he
immediately rounded up a bunch of
similar politicians and paraded the town
singing and hollering and firing off
guns. I then lived on the other side
of the river from Cascade and between
II and 12 o’clock they camc across the
river and I was never more seared in
iny life when I heard the shouting and
the gun firing thinking there was a big
fight on. Later came the report that
Bryan was not elected, and the op-
posite party had to celebrate in a dif-
ferent manner. I said just now that it
was a common practice to invite every-
one to drink. I have frequently been
invited with the most sincere inten-
tions to do the same, and the individuals
were surprised because I did not.
“In ’90 Charlie married a splendid
girl. I had known of her for some
time. She was and is a beautiful char-
acter. Her influence upon Charlie was
the turning point in his life. They
moved from ( ascade t,o Great Falls in
’07 T used to frequently meet him
m
the rev. job little
‘He Painted With God-Given
Brush/ Asserts EM. Cooney
RADIO PROGRAM
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Central Standard Time Shown
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Tuesday, silent night for WHAZ,
WLIT, WRVA, WSBT, WSBM, WTIC.
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Talk; 7, sacred song concert; 1J):35,
.Grand theater.
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6:30, Little Symphony; 8-10:30, Uni-
versity of Nebraska program.
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Mrs. Jones and entertainers.
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little symphony; 10, Piugrims; 11, Sur-
prise broadcast.
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program; 12, Herman Genin’s orchestra.
Curt Kramer pianist.
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program; 12, dance orchestra.
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May’s mandolin musicians.
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Little Red Schoolhouse, Stark musical
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“Spain”; 10, Game of Whozit, soloists,
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musicale; 10:40, Correll and Gosden.
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8:30. 14th ,Cavalry band; 8:30-9, Prof
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8 Gus Rdwards’ orchestra; 8:05, Uni-
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Game of Whozit; 6. Henry Thornton,
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Lilian Madson, popular entertainer; 7,
Auction bridge; 9, program.
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Game of Whozit; 7:30, Erwin Swindell,
pianist; 9:30-10:30, lecture, Dr. B. J.
when I visited this city and while I i
lived in this city, and it was always
The late Charles. M. Russell, Mon
tana’s famous cowboy artist, was de-
clared to be as great a painter as were
the old masters in a stirring eulogy
delivered by E. II. Cooney, editor of
The Leader, at the memorial service
held for Mr. Russell Sunday evening m
the First Methbdist church.
“lie painted with a God-given brush,
tipped with the fire of genius, the
things as they were for the (iod of
things as they are,” said Mr. Coon«y
in praise of the artist, his life long
friend. Speaking of the sterling quali-
ties of Mr. Russell’s li% and works Mr.
Cooney said in part:
“It has been my good fortune to
know Charles Russell for many, many
years. I have ridden with him iu sun-
shine and in shade. I have been over
the old trails with him, and knew him
as one learns to know a man when
you travel the trails together. I never
knew a more dean cut, four-square
man than he. in all'that concerns in
the relationship between man and man.
It is a joy to me to look back and to
kpow that he held me as his friend,
for where, he gave his friendship I be-
lieve there must have always been
some good; and facing towards the sun-
set of the passing day, it somehow
cheel-s me to think that when the great
foreman calls upon me to go out into
th« night alone, that Charley will be
there to giv? me a leg up for the ride
over the long trail.
“The Palmist Jias said that a prophet
isi without honor save in his own conn*
try, yet. as an artist, that was not true
of Russell, for it remained for people
beyond the confines of Montana to
hurt him any.’ turned about and went
to his b«> i. Lund passed the operation
successfully, is back at home a well
man and the man who prayed for his
friend lies over the hill alone.
"Following the operation some little
time, Riksell one day asked his physi-
j eian how loug he would be in bed, His
physician told him that he could be out
then but that he better stay in bed a
week more.
G<ven Six Months to Live
“Russell knew from the manner of the
physician that things were not right
and lie said to him, ‘Doc, where do I
get off in this thing, tell me the truth,
i have rode my string, and 1 am not
afsaul to know.’ The pliysiGiuu told
lmn that he possibly had six months and
certainly not over two years to live,
with thi* extreme probability that six
months would be the limit. It wus al-
most six months to a day when he died.
Russell heard the verdict, never
changed a hair but he said to the doc-
tor, ’Don’t tell Nancy,’ his wife. His
wife, hy.wever, was aware of his condi-
tion, lntd been told already. Her only
request being 'that the information be
kept from Charley.
"And so they came home to Great
Falls, each carrying the information of
the sentence that each thought was
hidden from the other. A more tragic
situation it would be hard to picture.
Russell sent for a friend when he re-
turned home and he told him his condi-
tion and asked that the friehd aid him
iu straightening things up without let-
I ting hi.-i wife know anything about it.
make his greatness known to the world, j "Before going to Rochester, Mr. and
Here, at home, until the last few years Mrs. Russell had planned a home in
when wealth and fame had come to j Pasadena that was to be largely an
him. we were pleased with his work; he j art. gallery for the exhibition of Char-
painted of the things we knew and he ley’s work. When tl#ey returned home
painted them as they were. We cheered this A.ork went ahead, although both
him on with kindly word, paid him $10 knew that Charley would probably
for a $1,000 painting and thought that
we had done a good deed. It is but
within the last decade that the great-
i ess of Russell >s a painter has gone
abroad in the land and paintings that
we, in the early time, saw with astonish-
ment bringing $150, brought $10,000.
One of his last pictures, that painted
for Dohenv of California, brought $?0,-
000.
Loved Old West
“From the humble cow-puncher who
sketched with pencil that picture of
misery. ‘Waiting for a Chinook.’ he
had grown to be the greatest painter
of western scenes the world had ever
known. He painted with a God-giyen
brush, tipped with the fire of genius,
the things as tlie.v were, for the God
of things as they are. He loved Mon-
tana and the old west and he painted
with an action and fire that make his
paintings history of a time past; of
days and ways gone forever, of a state
in the making, of civilization in the
embryo. Without training, without
knowledge of paints or brush, other
than gained through his own brain and
handiwork, he became a painter of
never see it. The friend went, to Mrs.
Russell and suggested to her that the.
building at Pasadena be discontinued,
to avoid the heavy expenditure necessi-
tated.
Feared for His Wife
“Mrs. Russell refused to do it and
her j'cason was that Charley might
guess of his* condition if she did so.
The friend then went to Russell and
suggested that he stop it and Charley
said No. if I did Nancy might think
that something was wrong, let. her go
as she lays.’ Perhaps T should not
have quoted those two instances lo
you, but. I believe that in justice to his
memory I should. They are the plain
simple facts of a man at. the door of
death thinking of others instead of
its opening.
“The last, time I saw Russell was
48 hours before his death and again
it, illustrated his unselfishness. During
Sept jmber, Horace Brewster, the man
who gave Charley his first job as a
horse wrangler, Mas returning from
Ilebna and I had him at my home as a
guei-t, writing something about him
the same hearty greetings as in days
gone by. My last meeting with Charlie
was at a silver wedding in Cascade.
For a long time we talked over the
days gone by.
Meet at Silver Wedding
“Buriiig my sickness last winter a
couple I married 25 years previously
celebrated their silver wedding and
Charlie and his wife were present. I
have regretted since I could not he with
him. Charlie had his peculiarities and
his eccentricities. His eccentricities in
dress were well known in Great Falls,
for one could tell Charlie a great ways
off by his red sash and his hat slouched
on the back of his head. He always had
a respect for goodness. While, to many
he may have been rough and abrupt,
yet down deep in his heart he respected
goodness wherever he found it. He
made no profession of religion and
never joined a church, but in every
respect he was a square man. He loved
and reverenced Brother Van more
than any other human being. He was a
genius and might have made a name as
a poet if he had not been an artist. The
letter he wrote Brother Van on his
birthday a few years ago shows the
u ^ "pfletie genius. He had the ability of a
and place any person or persons who slory writer, and might, have made a
are owners or agents of owners of any
lot or parcel of land within said pro-
posed Special Improvement Lighting
District, who shall, within fifteen (15)
«ays after tne first publication of this
nolice, have delivered to the City Clerk
of the city of Great Falls, Montana, a
protest In writing against the proposed
work or against the extent or creation
of said proposed Improvement district,
or both, and show cause, If any there
be, why such Improvement district
should not be created.
By order of the City Council of the
city of Great Falls, Montana.
W. H. HARRISON, City Clerk
of the City of Great Falls, Montana.
Dak of publication, Nov. 12th. 192t>.
name for himself as such if he had fol-
lowed that line. And as the depictor of
scenes in Montana he never has had
his equal. Alas! his skill dies with him.
4or none can ever see the things he
aw nor portray them as he did. We
will miss him. His cheery voice and his
hf arty salutations is ours no more, but
the memories of him will live in our
hearts forever.
“A fitting conclusion can be given in
the words of the bard of Avon, Shake-
speare;
“‘He was a man; take him for all in
all. we shall not look upon his like
again.’ ”
WOJ, Chioago (447.5m-670kc), 7-8,
Ralnbo, Gardens dintier concert; Spe-
cialty program; 10 p. ni-3 a. m., Frolic.
BART NOBLE BURIED
Special to The Tribune.
LEWISTOWN. Nov. 14.—The fu-
neral of the late Bart Noble, old time
violinist and pioneer, who died here
Wednesday, nge 00 years. Avas held
here, the Rev- A. C. Canole conduct-
ing the services.
w estern scenes, as great in his way as ’ charley AvaB m,K.h interested
ever, /'ve.re V* ,1'<* "W •11 hn i ami, something unusual, thanked nu*
r!’.*'™"?, ; ™ 'erj feelingly for Uuvin,! taken_«r. l
MS he w™ L„. Me
reached the very summit of fame; he
stood in the spotlight of greatness and
the world was knocking at his door.
“Yet. through it all he never changed,
and therein lay his greatness of char-
acter. He was unspoiled by fame, un-
tfluched by praise and unsullied by
worldly considerations. He was the
same Charley Russell who rode the
horse herd 40 years ago. His friends
were his friends of old and he hooked
them to him with links of steel. For
the last two or three years he had
suffered greatly in health, and for many
months lire suffering was such’that no
one but those most intimately connect-
ed \yith him would believe he could en-
dure. For months he lay on a bed of
pain almost without sleep for w’eeks
at a time. He came out of it a man
physically aged 25 years rolled in one.
But his character was unchanged; lie
was still unselfish, always looking for
the betterment of some friend. T re-
call an instance o rtwo and I tell them
to you on my own responsibility, to il-
lustrate that trait of unselfishness and
friendship which made his character
great.
Prays for Old Friend
“When he went to the Mayo hospi-
tal last spring, he learned that, an old
friend of his, a man we used to call
‘Sally’ Ltind. was an inmate of the
Mayo’s institution awaiting an opera-
tion. Charley was very anxious to see
him, and forget that he himself was to
go under the knife in his anxiety to
comfort his old friend. One day the
physician took Charley to see Lund. The
latter was in the oxygen chamber, a
glass receptacle in which operation pa-
tients are sometimes placecf, in an. en-
deavor to aid an extremely bad heart
condition. Russell looked at li:s friehd.
waved his hand, grinned, and gave him
every sign of encouragement without
speaking. After he had gone out he
asked the physician how Lund was.
and was told that his condition was very
precarious and it was doubtful if he
could survive an operation. That night
Mrs. Russell was standing before the
mirror and looking into it—she saw
sofnething she had not seen in all of
her years of happy married life—Rus
sell was kneeling by his bed and pray-
ing softly, she turned around and as
he rose to his feet Russell looked at
her and said: ‘That was for Lund. It
may not help him but it ain’t going to
expressed the wish that he could sec
Horace again, but didn't expect to. H<:
asked me to come with him to the little
studio of Charley Biel in the Kihgsbury
block, and also asked me to give what
publicity I could to the young cow-
puncher artists ‘to kinder help him
along.’ ‘He is the best feller T ever
see with modeling hosses and cow-
punchers,’ said Russell, and ‘I want
you to know him.’
We went up the stairs slowly and
after we got a little ways up. Russell
stopped. Tie was weak and worn out.
The. old pump ain’t working,’ he said.
I am weak as a cat, and the doctor
says that I can’t even ride a hoss.’
Knew End Was Near
‘T asked him hoAv long before the
doctor said he could ride agdin and
he said very matter of fact.. ‘Never—I
have throwed my last leg over a saddle,
the old pump is about to quit.’ We
savv the young artist and talked wTith
him for an hour, and (’barley revieAved
his Avork. We came doAvn stairs, part-
ed. and 48 hours afterwards, conscious
to the last second. Avhen a spasm of
heart pain struck him, he said to his
physician, ‘Doc. I guess I ain’t going
to be flble to make the grade this time
for you,’ and a fevv minutes later closed
his eyes in eternal sleep.
“The world has lost a mighty genius
with the brush. As a painter of the
west he stood alone, and his Avork will
stand alone for nil time to come for
the times he painted on camras with
his God given brush, have passed aAvay,
never to return. He has ridden aAVay
over the long trail we all must travel
alone. He has crossed the great di-
vide to the river that runs between
Death and Life, and ridden the ford
alone.
“For him may the waters of Lethe
ever warm Avith the pulsations of a
life eternal, and th'e everlasting skies
be bright with the realization of cher-
ished hopes and golden dreams made
perfect. He has but crossed the river.
He has but gone to sleep. How!”
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Clippings concerning Montana artist Charles M. Russell, Nancy C. Russell, cowboy reunions, Montana history and James Brownlee Rankin's research on Charlie Russell. Photographs of works by Charlie Russell. Research notes made by James B. Rankin on Russell's works and sources of information. James Brownlee Rankin collected information on Russell in preparation for a Russell biography and an illustrated catalog of his work. See below for folder level descriptions.

Clippings concerning Montana artist Charles M. Russell, Nancy C. Russell, cowboy reunions, Montana history and James Brownlee Rankin's research on Charlie Russell. Photographs of works by Charlie Russell. Research notes made by James B. Rankin on Russell's

Monday Morning, November 1 5, 1926.
THE GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE
Hundreds Attend Charles M. Russell Memorial
TWENTY OF ARTISTS PICTURES
HUNG IN HONOR OF OCCASION
Rev. Job Little, Pioneer Minister and an Old
Friend of Cowboy Portrait Maker, Tells
of Early Days on Range
Hundreds of persons, young and old, i herd’s Pipes.” The chancel rail was
representing nil walks of life, gathered j attractively arranged* with large palms
1 loaned by Feiden s Flower shop. At.
the close of the service the audience
at the First Methodist church Sunday
evening in attendance at the special
service, “The Spirit of the West.’' held
in memory of the late Charles M. Rus-
sell. for many years Great Falls’ most
famous citizen. The large auditorium
xiiled so completely that soon after
’ tiiS service began no available space
was unoccupied.
Forming an exceptionally appropriate
background for this service were 20
pictures, painted by the artist in water
colors and oil, bun" along the chancel
wall. These pictures were loaned to
the church for this service by George
B. Calvert, Sid Willis, W. H. George,
the Deaconess hospital and the Como
company. In addition to these were
hung four letters written by Mr. Rus-
sell to Mr. Calvert while the former
was in California and these letters, as
was characteristic f>f the cowboy art-
ist. were illustrated with water colored
sketches.
Only three of the pictures displayed
were in oil. They were “First Boat.”
owned by Mr. George, a painting show-
ing a group of Indian riders viewing the
first steamboat corrrng up thp Missouri
river nt a point, between Big Sandy
find Fort Benton and “When Brother
Van Was Young.” owned by the Dea-
coness hosnital and painted for the late
Rev. W. W. Van Orsdel as a birthday
gift several years ago. This picture
nortrayed Brother Van with a party of
hunters hunting buffalo in the days of
the old west. The third paintinsr was
“The Grizzly.” owned by Rid Willis.
Famous Plotures Shown
Other nrints and water color pictures
of Russell’s hunsr werf* “A Rainy Morn-
ing in a Cow Camp,’’ “I Rode Him.”
“Initiated." “Ronincr n Steer.” “The
First Trappers.” “Buffalo Along the
Yellowstone.” “The Indian Rider.” “The
Prospector.” “Painting the Town.”
“Trail'ng Texas Long Horns.” “The
'T;m1 Cow.” “Chief Joseph.” “Better
Than Bacon.” and one of his first
drawings made when about 10 years old
showing two cowboys roping a voung
colt,.
Speakers at the sprvice were the
Rev. Job. H. Little of Cascade, oldest
Me+hodist minister in Montana, a friend
of Mr. Russell's and a co-laborer of the
late Brother Van: the Rev. .T. A. Mar-
tin. Dr. IT. Stvles Ilarriss and E. II.
Cooney.
In addition to the addresses a special
musical program was given including
the following selections: Organ pre-
lude. "Sketch From Forest Studies,”
Julius Wuerthner; . choir v anthem.
ing for Thee:” vocal sftlo, “Out
lie W’est Begins,” Miss Mar-
ik: organ postlud^. “Shep-
~r~
,*ICIAL NOTICE/
_______ Hereby Given, That on the
8lh VQV November, A. D.,. 1926, the
City CouBcil of the City of Great Falls,
Montana, adopted a certain Resolution
of Intention to create a Special Im-
provement Lighting District for the
purpose of making the following im-
provements in saiu district, viz:
.Erecting and maintaining posts,
wires, pipes, conduits, lamps, and other
suitable and necessary appliances . for
the purpose of lighting said district
and of defraying the annual cost of
supplying electrical current for, and
maintaining the lights for said district
hereinbefore descrioed, which said dis-
trict includes Third (3rd) Avenue South
and Third (.3rd) and Fourth (4th) Alley
South from Third Street to Seventn
(7th) Street, the East side of Third
(3rd) Street, all of Fourth (4th), Fifth
(6th), Sixth (6th) and the West side of
Seventh (7th) Streets, each from Third
(3rd) Alley South to Fourth (4th) Alley
South, including all avenues, streets
and alley intersections. All of which
improvements are to be made in ac-
cordance with the plans and specifica-
tions to be prepared by the City En-
gineer of the city of Great Falls, Mon-
tana, and to be adopted by the Council
of said city, and which plans and
speeuieations will then be on file in
tue oflice of the City Engineer to
which reference is hereby made. The
estimated cost of constructing said im-
provements is THREE THOUSAND,
iiilGHT HUNDRED and NO-lOO ($3,800.-
00) DOLLARS, and the estimated cost
of maintaining the lights and supply-
ing the electrical current therefor with-
in such district for the first year, is
the sum of EIGHT HUNDRED and
NO-lOO ($800.00) DOLLARS for the en-
tire district, which cost and expense
are to be assessed by a special assess-
ment against the property embraced
within such Special Improvement Light-
ing District, except as herein otherwise
provided. The apportionment of the en-
tire cost of erecting and maintaining
the posts, wires, pipes, conduits, lamps,
and other suitable or necessary ap-
pliances for the purpose of lighting
said streets, alleys or public hlgtways
and of the annual cost of supplying the
electrical current for and maintaining
the lights thereon in such district shall
be as follows: Two-thirds of which lt
is hereby determined by the City Coun-
cil shall be borne by property embraced
within said district abutting upon some
portion of the street or public highway
within such district to be righted, each
parcel of land so abutting to be as-
sessed In the proportion which the
street frontage of each parcel of land
\bears to the stfeet frontage of the
entire district to be lighted and the
remaining one-third shall be paid by the
City of Great Falls, Montana, except
on Third (3rd) Avenue South between
Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th)
Street and on Fourth (4th) Street be-
tween Third (3rd) Alley South and
Fourth (4th) Alley South, the Montana
Power Company shall be assessed one-
sixth of the amount assessable against
the property on said street and avenue
and one-sixth shall be paid by the citv
of Great Falls, Montana. That said
Resolution of Intention is No. 2191 and
is on file in the office of the City Clerk
of the city of Great Falls, Montana, to
which Resolution for a description of
the bundaries of said District reference
is hereby made. That the City Council
of the city of Great Falls, Montana,
will be in session In the Council Cham-
bers in the City Hall In said city on
the 29th day of November, A. D., 1926,
at eight (8:00) o’clock P. M., when it
intends to create said Special Improve-
ment Lighting District, at which time
and place the City Council will hear
objections to creation of said Improve-
ment Lighting District, at which time
was permitted to view the paintings
ard works of Mr. Russell in the chan-
cel.
Winter of ’86 and ’87
Reminiscing of the days of the old
west and the time when Mr. Russell
was young, the Rev. Mr. Little said:
“Most of you have heard something
of the hard winter of 1880-87. I have
never seen a report that made it ap-
pear worse than it really was. For six
weeks or more the thermometer never
got as high as zero, a great deal of
the time it was between 50 and 60 be-
low. The snows were heavy, almost
reaching to the fence tops. The roads
were blockaded and for days nothing
could pass through. I lived at Sun
River at- that time, when it had about
as marty inhabitants as Great Falls. I
rented a house, the only one available,
the coldest one in the neighborhood.
Morning after morning, when I awoke,
the first thing necessary was to un-
tangle my whiskers, which were froze*
solid to the bed clothes. It was during
this winter that Charlie Russell first
made a name for himself as an artist
by drawing the picture known at first
as ‘Waiting For a Chinook.’ in answer
to a letter from Helena inquiring how
the cattle were faring in the Judith
country, where he then was. The cow-
boy life. at. its best, was a hard one.
They were exposed to all kinds of
weather—rough fare and uncomfort-
able quarters, with m$ny privations.
Sleeping under the stars of heaven, if
there were any, in blankets wet through
with rain, was a common privilege. I
was a witness of one storm period
tv hen holding service at Truly in ’87.
It was a beautiful evening and with a
round-up camp within a quarter of a
mile of the school house, all the cow-
boys came to church, filling the school
house and then some. In the night, a
storm came up and by daylight there
were from six to eight inches of snow
on the level, and still snowing. Tt then
turned excessively cold—below zero,
and these eow’boys were out in the
storm all night.
Knew Him in Cascade
“I first knew of Charlie Russell,
after his drawing of the now famous
picture, ‘The Last of Five Thousand.’
through Brother Van. who told me how
and when he first knew the artist. Tn^
’Of) T moved from Butte back to Cas-
cade and Charlie was then living there.
From my previous knowledge of him.
I soon became well acquainted with
him. In those days he was full of frolic
and fun. He played all Ijinds of pranks
and tricks, but never «. mean trick.
Nothing mean about Charlie. Yes, lie
drank and gambled some, but I never
saw Charlie drunk. In early times it
Tvat; !”rT of ooriji invite
'everybody to drink. Tnere was no
other meeting place but the saloon, and
men gathered together there for
sociability because there was no other
place open to them. Wien I began to
preach at Augusta, I Yras somewhat
surprised by the fact that the two
saloons always closed on Sunday eve-
ning during church time and the cow-
boys in mass came to service. We used
to sing gospel hymns in those days for
15 or 20 minutes preceding the serv-
ice. The collections were always good. I
found out the reason some months
later, when I was told that the boys
always went to the saloon early to play
cards so that the losers should put the
money into the collection basket, and
the balance of them came to see that
they did it.
Had Bryan Celebration
“Tn '5X5 when Bryan was running for
the presidency there was some excite-
ment in Cascade and on the night of
election various rumors were flying
around, and at last the report came
that Bryan was surely elected. Charlie
was an enthusiastic democrat, and he
immediately rounded up a bunch of
similar politicians and paraded the town
singing and hollering and firing off
guns. I then lived on the other side
of the river from Cascade and between
II and 12 o’clock they camc across the
river and I was never more seared in
iny life when I heard the shouting and
the gun firing thinking there was a big
fight on. Later came the report that
Bryan was not elected, and the op-
posite party had to celebrate in a dif-
ferent manner. I said just now that it
was a common practice to invite every-
one to drink. I have frequently been
invited with the most sincere inten-
tions to do the same, and the individuals
were surprised because I did not.
“In ’90 Charlie married a splendid
girl. I had known of her for some
time. She was and is a beautiful char-
acter. Her influence upon Charlie was
the turning point in his life. They
moved from ( ascade t,o Great Falls in
’07 T used to frequently meet him
m
the rev. job little
‘He Painted With God-Given
Brush/ Asserts EM. Cooney
RADIO PROGRAM
RADIO PROGRAMS FOR
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Central Standard Time Shown
(Copyright 1926 by Radio Digest)
Tuesday, silent night for WHAZ,
WLIT, WRVA, WSBT, WSBM, WTIC.
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Talk; 7, sacred song concert; 1J):35,
.Grand theater.
KFAB, Lincoln (340.7m-880kc), 5:30-
6:30, Little Symphony; 8-10:30, Uni-
versity of Nebraska program.
KFNF, Shenandoah (461.3m-650kc), 7,
Mrs. Jones and entertainers.
KGO, Oakland (361.2m-830kc), 8, Bems
little symphony; 10, Piugrims; 11, Sur-
prise broadcast.
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610kc), 8, dinner concert; 10, educational
program; 12, Herman Genin’s orchestra.
Curt Kramer pianist.
KHJ, Los A*geles (405.2m-'740kc), 10,
program; 12, dance orchestra.
KM A Shenandoah ,461.8m-850kc), 8-11,
May’s mandolin musicians.
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Little Red Schoolhouse, Stark musical
bears; 8, orchestra, soloists; 9, Fantasia,
“Spain”; 10, Game of Whozit, soloists,
dance program, Rudy and Art, croon-a-
tuners.
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lesson.
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8:30, orchestra; 10, Uda Waldorp, organ-
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team; 12, Palace hotel orchestra.
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Skyline concert; 8, Game of Whozit; 9,
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10:30-12 .Congress carnival. -4
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720kc), 9:30, Garrott’s Choc-t^ate Sol-
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a. m., Nighthawk frolic.
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WTAG, WFI. TCSD, TAM; 8, Eveready
hour, WEEI, WFI, WGR, WOC,
WJAR, WCCO- WWJ, WTAM, KSD,
WTAG, WRC, WCAE. WGN, WSAI;
9, bridge lesson, WEEI, KSD, WTAM,
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WWJ. WCAE, WOC, WFI, WGR,
WCSH; 9:30, Frank Farrell’s Green-
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WCAE, WGR. WTAM, WCSH; 10:30-11,
Jannssen’s Hofbrau orchestra.
WEBH, Chicago (370.2m-810kc), 8,
New hotel orchestra; 9, Uptown the-
ater; 11, Edgewater orchestra; 12, Cook
Sisters.
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630kc), 6; 30, MusicaJe; 8:80, bridge
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9:30, male quartet; 10-10:10. Sam ’n’
Henry; 10:10. the music box; 10:30,
musicale; 10:40, Correll and Gosden.
WHO. Des Moines (625m-570kc), 7:30-
8:30. 14th ,Cavalry band; 8:30-9, Prof
Paul Stoye, pianist and composer; 11-12,
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and June; 10:30-12, Ralph Emerson,
organist; Maurle Sherman’s College
Inn and Jack Chapman’s Bal Tabarln
OIWMAQ, Chicago News (447.5m-670kc),
8 Gus Rdwards’ orchestra; 8:05, Uni-
versity of Chicago lecture; 8:25, Good-
man theater; 9:15, E. Muenstermann,
C°WC?AW, Omaha (526m-570kc). 5:45,
Game of Whozit; 6. Henry Thornton,
organist, Scottish Rite cathedral; 6:25,
Lilian Madson, popular entertainer; 7,
Auction bridge; 9, program.
WOC, Dav«nport (483.6m-630kc), 6,
Game of Whozit; 7:30, Erwin Swindell,
pianist; 9:30-10:30, lecture, Dr. B. J.
when I visited this city and while I i
lived in this city, and it was always
The late Charles. M. Russell, Mon
tana’s famous cowboy artist, was de-
clared to be as great a painter as were
the old masters in a stirring eulogy
delivered by E. II. Cooney, editor of
The Leader, at the memorial service
held for Mr. Russell Sunday evening m
the First Methbdist church.
“lie painted with a God-given brush,
tipped with the fire of genius, the
things as they were for the (iod of
things as they are,” said Mr. Coon«y
in praise of the artist, his life long
friend. Speaking of the sterling quali-
ties of Mr. Russell’s li% and works Mr.
Cooney said in part:
“It has been my good fortune to
know Charles Russell for many, many
years. I have ridden with him iu sun-
shine and in shade. I have been over
the old trails with him, and knew him
as one learns to know a man when
you travel the trails together. I never
knew a more dean cut, four-square
man than he. in all'that concerns in
the relationship between man and man.
It is a joy to me to look back and to
kpow that he held me as his friend,
for where, he gave his friendship I be-
lieve there must have always been
some good; and facing towards the sun-
set of the passing day, it somehow
cheel-s me to think that when the great
foreman calls upon me to go out into
th« night alone, that Charley will be
there to giv? me a leg up for the ride
over the long trail.
“The Palmist Jias said that a prophet
isi without honor save in his own conn*
try, yet. as an artist, that was not true
of Russell, for it remained for people
beyond the confines of Montana to
hurt him any.’ turned about and went
to his b«> i. Lund passed the operation
successfully, is back at home a well
man and the man who prayed for his
friend lies over the hill alone.
"Following the operation some little
time, Riksell one day asked his physi-
j eian how loug he would be in bed, His
physician told him that he could be out
then but that he better stay in bed a
week more.
Gs a painter has gone
abroad in the land and paintings that
we, in the early time, saw with astonish-
ment bringing $150, brought $10,000.
One of his last pictures, that painted
for Dohenv of California, brought $?0,-
000.
Loved Old West
“From the humble cow-puncher who
sketched with pencil that picture of
misery. ‘Waiting for a Chinook.’ he
had grown to be the greatest painter
of western scenes the world had ever
known. He painted with a God-giyen
brush, tipped with the fire of genius,
the things as tlie.v were, for the God
of things as they are. He loved Mon-
tana and the old west and he painted
with an action and fire that make his
paintings history of a time past; of
days and ways gone forever, of a state
in the making, of civilization in the
embryo. Without training, without
knowledge of paints or brush, other
than gained through his own brain and
handiwork, he became a painter of
never see it. The friend went, to Mrs.
Russell and suggested to her that the.
building at Pasadena be discontinued,
to avoid the heavy expenditure necessi-
tated.
Feared for His Wife
“Mrs. Russell refused to do it and
her j'cason was that Charley might
guess of his* condition if she did so.
The friend then went to Russell and
suggested that he stop it and Charley
said No. if I did Nancy might think
that something was wrong, let. her go
as she lays.’ Perhaps T should not
have quoted those two instances lo
you, but. I believe that in justice to his
memory I should. They are the plain
simple facts of a man at. the door of
death thinking of others instead of
its opening.
“The last, time I saw Russell was
48 hours before his death and again
it, illustrated his unselfishness. During
Sept jmber, Horace Brewster, the man
who gave Charley his first job as a
horse wrangler, Mas returning from
Ilebna and I had him at my home as a
guei-t, writing something about him
the same hearty greetings as in days
gone by. My last meeting with Charlie
was at a silver wedding in Cascade.
For a long time we talked over the
days gone by.
Meet at Silver Wedding
“Buriiig my sickness last winter a
couple I married 25 years previously
celebrated their silver wedding and
Charlie and his wife were present. I
have regretted since I could not he with
him. Charlie had his peculiarities and
his eccentricities. His eccentricities in
dress were well known in Great Falls,
for one could tell Charlie a great ways
off by his red sash and his hat slouched
on the back of his head. He always had
a respect for goodness. While, to many
he may have been rough and abrupt,
yet down deep in his heart he respected
goodness wherever he found it. He
made no profession of religion and
never joined a church, but in every
respect he was a square man. He loved
and reverenced Brother Van more
than any other human being. He was a
genius and might have made a name as
a poet if he had not been an artist. The
letter he wrote Brother Van on his
birthday a few years ago shows the
u ^ "pfletie genius. He had the ability of a
and place any person or persons who slory writer, and might, have made a
are owners or agents of owners of any
lot or parcel of land within said pro-
posed Special Improvement Lighting
District, who shall, within fifteen (15)
«ays after tne first publication of this
nolice, have delivered to the City Clerk
of the city of Great Falls, Montana, a
protest In writing against the proposed
work or against the extent or creation
of said proposed Improvement district,
or both, and show cause, If any there
be, why such Improvement district
should not be created.
By order of the City Council of the
city of Great Falls, Montana.
W. H. HARRISON, City Clerk
of the City of Great Falls, Montana.
Dak of publication, Nov. 12th. 192t>.
name for himself as such if he had fol-
lowed that line. And as the depictor of
scenes in Montana he never has had
his equal. Alas! his skill dies with him.
4or none can ever see the things he
aw nor portray them as he did. We
will miss him. His cheery voice and his
hf arty salutations is ours no more, but
the memories of him will live in our
hearts forever.
“A fitting conclusion can be given in
the words of the bard of Avon, Shake-
speare;
“‘He was a man; take him for all in
all. we shall not look upon his like
again.’ ”
WOJ, Chioago (447.5m-670kc), 7-8,
Ralnbo, Gardens dintier concert; Spe-
cialty program; 10 p. ni-3 a. m., Frolic.
BART NOBLE BURIED
Special to The Tribune.
LEWISTOWN. Nov. 14.—The fu-
neral of the late Bart Noble, old time
violinist and pioneer, who died here
Wednesday, nge 00 years. Avas held
here, the Rev- A. C. Canole conduct-
ing the services.
w estern scenes, as great in his way as ’ charley AvaB m,K.h interested
ever, /'ve.re V* ,1'